Justin Pearson returned to Tennessee House of Representatives
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Another unanimous vote for restoring a drop of democracy to Tennessee politics:
Shelby County Commissioners reappointed Justin Pearson to the Tennessee House of Representatives Wednesday to cries of applause and cheers of excitement.
“When we went to the well of the House myself, Rep. (Gloria) Johnson and Rep. (Justin) Jones, we said we have an allegiance to a people, people who are tired of business as usual,” Pearson said. “We do not speak alone. We speak together. We fight together. So a message for all the people in Nashville who decided to expel us: You can’t expel hope. You can’t expel our voice. You sure can’t expel our fight.”
The expected move from commissioners means Pearson could be back in the state House as early as Thursday, less than a week after he and Rep. Justin Jones, who represents Davidson County, were expelled from their seats.
“The status quo needs changing,” Pearson told supporters earlier in the day. “And that status quo needs you.”
In highly related news, the tinpot fascist who led the move to expel three legislators for minor procedural violations is a looter of taxpayer money who lives nowhere near the constituency he purportedly represents:
2. @CSexton represents Crossville, which is two hours from Nashville, in the House.
But yesterday, in response to a report from https://t.co/JhoV1QDaTS, he admitted that he and his family live in Nashville, not Crossville.
This is a big deal.https://t.co/Bo2quXsJOS— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) April 11, 2023
UPDATE: Following Popular Information's report Sexton has now paid his 2022 property taxes. His 2021 taxes are still delinquent, according to the Cumberland County website
He may be trying to pay 2021 as well now. It is so past due it can't be paid online anymore pic.twitter.com/eG5LmkAJAJ— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) April 12, 2023
Sexton’s conduct seems much worse than the “offense” of the Tennessee Three, which was to make the majority wait an additional 45 minutes before they could continue debate on the bill to ban all books not written by Rush Limbaugh from public libraries or whatever.